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Picture this: You are sitting in, say, a Bermuda hotel on vacation. Suddenly you are struck by a crazy idea for a new soft drink taste
Read More »Infographic: All The Genetically Modified Food You’re Eating
GMO crops have infiltrated 80% of all the packaged food in the United States, and no one has told you. Here's why. Genetically modified food is in a store near you today
Read More »How Big Agribusiness Is Taking Over The Cereal And Granola Aisle
That natural cereal you're eating isn't so natural. It's filled with GMO and nonorganic ingredients
Read More »An island unto itself at Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The Players Championship has all the ingredients of the fifth biggest tournament in golf.
Read More »Corporate Whitewash?: Why Do Cleaning Product-Makers Keep Most of Their Ingredients Secret?
Dear EarthTalk : Why don’t cleaning products have to list their ingredients? Are these products tested for what they might do to your health? --Patricia Greenville, Bethel, Conn.
Read More »How Would You Sell Bacon and Beer Cupcakes?
David Arrick thinks most cupcakes are pretty froufrou. His New York City company, Butch Bakery, makes manlier desserts. Its cupcakes, which sell for about $4.25 each, come in 12 flavors, including Home Run, a peanut butter cupcake topped with banana cream and crumbled bacon, and Beer Run, a cupcake made from chocolate, beer, and crushed pretzels
Read More »How Fortified Table Salt Could Drastically Reduce Infant Deaths in Developing Nations
Infant mortality in developing countries is depressingly high, with 3.6 million children dying each year in the neonatal period. Unlike many other global health issues, this one is easily fixable--cutting down on deficiencies of micronutrients like folic acid in women of childbearing age could dramatically reduce infant deaths. So last fall, Scientists Without Borders, a platform that crowdsources solutions to scientific problems, set out to work on the issue with a $10,000 challenge that asked entrants to solve the problem of folic acid deficiency in women throughout the developing world with simple, low-cost solutions.
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